Books where the protagonist is trapped between the world of the living and dead

Hello! I was reminded of the book The Lovely Bones recently and I felt like the premise of a character being stuck in limbo horrifying and fascinating. I wouldn’t say TLB is a horror novel, but I would be curious if there is anything similar in premise with more horror elements. I appreciate any recommendations you all offer!

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u/4DoorLuxurySedan — 2 months ago
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Mindblaze and "Target player reveals his or her library"

This card isn't super great or anything, but I was wondering about the effect "Target player reveals his or her library". This is the only card I could find that has this effect. Does this mean that the player casting [[Mindblaze]] would be the one verifying the number of copies of the card in the target's deck, and would this also allow the player casting this against another player to have unlimited time to look at their opponent's library before the card resolves?

u/4DoorLuxurySedan — 2 months ago

Building cubes with land destruction

I haven’t crafted a cube yet, but I’ve been very curious and have been researching the process. When looking at some older cards, I noticed land destruction wasn’t uncommon like it is in modern magic. I know land destruction isn’t the most beloved mechanic, but I’m curious to see what experiences others have had with cubes involving some land destruction options.

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u/4DoorLuxurySedan — 3 months ago

Live at Delmar Hall STL - 7/22

Really enjoyed the show! I really enjoyed the Tennessee Waltz cover. Kevin’s cover choices never fail to impress.

u/4DoorLuxurySedan — 3 months ago

Community competitive balance projects?

Hi everyone. I just picked up a physical copy of this game and the first five character expansions. I've really enjoyed this game, but I recently had a three player free for all game that ended up being a pretty bad experience due to certain combos getting extremely high life gain. It seems like three player FFA is not a good format and something like Hunter is better, but I was curious if there has ever been some kind of community balancing effort throughout this game's lifespan? Just wondering if there is any kind of ban list or maybe balance suggestions for certain cards depending on the number of players?

I can see a lot of people play the digital version of this game. For any that have played both the physical and digital versions, were any of the cards in the digital version balanced from their physical counterparts?

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u/4DoorLuxurySedan — 4 months ago

Books with ambiguous endings where the reader questions everything written by the end of it

I’m looking for stories like the title of this post. I read a few of Paul Tremblay’s better books and really enjoyed the way he left the reader wondering about their preconceived notions about the plot before the book’s end. I thought he was going to be my new favorite author, but I really did not vibe with some of his work, so I’m looking for some suggestions.

The best books I read by Tremblay were Head Full of Ghosts, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, and Cabin at the End of the World (in that order of preference). I’ve also read Survivor Song and Pallbearer’s Club, which were okay and awful respectively.

I enjoy Chuck Palahniuk’s earlier work and I’m a sucker for pretty much any Stephen King novel. I have been curious about Bag of Bones and Revival. I’m interested in Japanese horror as well. I really loved the Ring series, but did not read the additional works after Spiral (also, RIP Koji Suzuki, your works had a tremendous influence in my taste in horror). I’ve enjoyed all three Uketsu books, and House of Leaves quite a lot too.

I’m currently reading 14 by Peter Clines and have Tender is the Flesh on my shelf. If anyone has any suggestions for stuff in the vein of what I listed above, I’d be really happy to hear it.

EDIT: Thanks all for your great recommendations! I look forward to checking out your suggestions soon.

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u/4DoorLuxurySedan — 5 months ago
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Aziza and Hop to It combo

Hello! Looking for some insight on a situation I had when playing with a friend recently. On his turn, he cast Hop to It while having Aziza on the battlefield. He then invoked Aziza’s ability and tapped itself, and two of the new rabbit tokens to copy Hop to It and create three more rabbit tokens.

I’m confused with the stack. He said that after casting the spell, it resolves and Aziza’s ability is still applicable. With the way I interpreted the card, the requirement for copying the spell is tapping three creatures before the spell resolves. We ultimately went with how he saw it, but I wasn’t sure if that was how it should actually play out.

Let me know if there is any ambiguity in my post. Thanks in advance for the help.

u/4DoorLuxurySedan — 5 months ago